Show P I ICE CE E STRENUOUS WHEN PLAYING OR ORT T lAT HIS BUSINESS I Ii lose up lose u of Motion l Picture Magnate Given by Bert Lennon I BY DEnT BERT LE LENNON XO The author of ot tho the following brief brIer of ot Thomas II H. Inca Inco Is his ional onal representative c and there there- t e well qualified to set forth Corth phases Mr Ices Ince's character char that make mako him J i of t the dynamic and creative o forces the he motion picture industry Ed industry Edi Ed- Ed r i Ia Terra Firma Tirma yawned and etched and tossed h himself about In fn Ini i Ib bed d of oC shale shalo and rock Earthquake cried all in Los AnIta An- An Ita Ins removing their canar canary birds Into m all all c save a veteran emYe em- em Ye J of oC the Thomas H II If Ince lace studios he toss must b be bac back from his Wa bla t P. P he said laconically And AndOn Won On smoking his meerschaum r fen sec seo rumbling noises are arc noth- noth n new w on the lot where Thomas H H. directorial genius enius of at the tho Silver D n ti makes his reel five-reel features I o and Paramount The ver very sate of Mr Ir Inco Inca typifies energy force torce power he ho Is IB always going ahead and If It there be laggards well laggards well he 10 whips them Into procession with the persuasive spirit of ot a dynamic personality person person- 1 j I third One re red pepper third one-third Jamaica Jamaica Ja Ja- maica malca ginger third one-third tincture of oC iron mix well would bo be a graphic thumbnail Impression of or Mr 11 Inco but 1 lets let's lB look at him through a a. broader lens His Ills natural tendency is toward mental and activity He Hee Is independent has value self and self self- control but is 8 open to conviction con on onan an any argument that ma may arise as to tho the proper filming of oC a stor story I In sympathy strong In friendship I sincere Ho lie has lias never been known to I forget a favor Constructive e In his I IIma Ima Imagination an and program observant and analytical in his mental life progressive progressive progressive pro pro- and e educational In fn his hla ideals and aspirations given to mental lawand lawand law and logic rather than social vanity or commercial greed he Is perhaps the most gifted dramatist and producer in American amusement life liCe Mr Inco is a n careful observer and gatherer of ot data Not Nol so much In theline the lino line of or material values as a's of ot Ideas and mental things An And that which he weaves wea for the tho silent drama must be bo I permanent built built along the line of ot solidity lIe He further feels that the producer is an un e educator and that ho can count as his operators co In art tho clergy the press and the tho teachers I had Ild a a. talk with Mr 11 Ince a a. fow few days dRS ago on the subject of or motion i pictures in iii their relation to education In part he hc said cald It is often olten objected that all aU films are not that educational educational that man many are arc pure drama Since when has drama dramn I cease ceased to be educational either on tho the stage or screen screen The motion picture plc- plc turo ture tUl drama dramn Is tho the child chillI of ot yesterday esterday Compare It It with Its far tar wider scope with tho the blossoming time of ot the English English Eng Eng- lish drama If JC thero therm were literary giants Glants In the he Elizabethan days days days- Is I.'s i Shakespeare an and his great grent comrades comrades- thero were scores of ot hacks flooding I me ti antI ana licentious sous ao- ao The small percentage of ot the worthless In motion pictures Is surprisingly surprisingly sur sur- I negligible and Is being eliminated dim cUm mated by 11 natural process I sincerely think that motion molon plc- plc tuio turo producers are arc tho the possessors of oC 1 a n stupendous educational medium which i wo hold In trust for Cor all peoples If It Ill we t sometimes seem to tall fall of ot our high Ideals it is because our viewpoint on certain dramatic values ma may not atthe at in inthe the moment m meet et with universal acceptance acceptance ac ac- On the other hand I know mow I ae-I I of oC large sums Bums tl that at have been lavished ij on pictures produced with the firm 1 conviction con th that t tho they would I co convey 11 C a message to the tho mas masses es that could coul reach them In no other way wa I Tho The future futuro Possibilities of ot the themo mo- mo tion picture seem limitless and as yet ct et j dimly comprehended b by any of ot us ur It will I am nm confident more and more I become the tho chosen chason medium for thou thought ht feeling and enlightenment an and I would add that as an nn entertainment entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- ment nothing has been boen as aa yet devised lse that has such uch Instant appeal to young oung i I and old and all sorts and conditions I of ot men I As Mr Ur Inco was speaking to me tho the telephone boll boil rang I My three boys bo s 's s want me to hurry along an and play them a gamo game of at ball tho rho sai saidA said A few tew moments later he was wal on the way to his home homo In Hollywood You see Mr Ur Trice's nature is two- two sided On on one side Is the tho man man virile forceful full tull of at American dash and pep and spirit yet et studious and analytical an- an I on the other Is the time bo bo- bo playful patul fond of ot clean sports Imbued with a desire to whittle ev I e ry time timo ho hu j takes out his knife 10 1 1 ALICE ALICC nY IA J C I Probably the second of oC the Select releases re ro- ro I leases during August will be b The rho Death Dance which Is Alice Brady's Bradys I t next picture This Is a ripping stor story of ot New York life liCe In which Miss lIss Brady Is seen seon In the role rolo of ot a bree breezy mO modern girl who ho determinedly follows a course of ot clean cean living and upright conduct in the face tace of ot man many embarrassing situa situa- I The 31 story atory or is credited to Mario Marlo Eve the photoplay being prepared b by Paul the thc West the last wo work this veteran cem did lid leaving for tor the western front Tho scenes of or The rho Death Dance aro are laid largely ely in a n I terraced restaurant In New York eit city I ono one of or those smart eating places where a n tine flue dancing floor noor and and first class cabaret add to the attraction of or good cuisine In this thin environment Alice AUco Dra Brady first makes her appearance In Inthe Inthe inthe I the pei person son of at a n girl In th the chorus to toa a dancing specialty I j I g |